Talking machine



V. FEGLEY.

TALKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION menuov. 22, mg.

Patented May 16,1922.

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APPLICATION FILED N0v.22, 1919.

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TALKl-NG MACHINE.

APPLICATION HLED Nov. 22, 1919.

1,416,549; Patented. May 16,1922.

V.FEGLEY.

TALKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- 22, 1919.

1,416,549. Patented May 16, 1922.

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7 SHEETSSHEET 7- I711) W W W VICTOR FEGLEY, OF JERSEY CI'lY- NEW JERSEY-. ASSIGNOE-TO PHONOG-RAPH CON- TROL CORIPORAIION, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, A CORPORATION OF JJELA- WARE.

TALKING MACHINE.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern Be it known that l; V1o'roR FnoLnY, a citizen or the United States, anda resident of Jersey City, county of Hudson, State otNeW Jersey, have invented certain improvements in 'lalking Machines, ot'which the following is a specification.

One object of my invention is to provide means iorautomatically starting and automatically stopping'a talking machine.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for li'ti'zing the stylus out of action when a record has finished reproducing.

A further object of the invention is to provide the brake with means for moving the stylus out of action.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of one type of talking machine illustrating my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side view of the exposed portion of the machine, showing the stylus in contact with the record disk;

Fig. 3 is a View, similar to Fig. 2; showing the stylus raised;

Fig. l: is a view, similar to Fig. 2, with the gooseneck thrown back;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing the rake and the means "for raising the stylus out of action;

Fig. 6 is a detached perspective view of the brake lever, showing the cam'post;

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the brake lever;

Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional view of the cam post;

Fig. 9 is a sectional view on the line 9-9, Fig. 1;

Fig. 9 is an enlarged view of a portionoi Fig. 9;

10 is a sectional View on the line ltl 'lt), Fig. 9, showing the arm in elevation;

11 is a plan view of the arm;

Fig. is an'end view of the arm;

Fig. 13 is a sectional view on the line l3-13, Fig. 9; I i

Fig. H is a side view of a portion of the tone arm. showing the plate which carries the operating finger;

15 is a perspective view of the plate and operating finger;

Figs. 16 to 19; inclusive are views illustrating modifications ot the cam post; I

20 is a sectional perspective view of :1 portion of the table showing the knurled edge;

Specification of Letters Patent. Pm m tqm g 2 Serial No. 339,842.

ecation of the brake lever and brake;

Fig. 22 is aside vew of the brake shown in Fig. 21;

Fig; 23 is a plan view illustrating my improvement applied. to another type/of talking machine; 2

Fig. 24' is a view, in elevation, of the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 23;

Fig. 25 is a sectional View on the line 25-25, Fig. at;

Fig. 26 is a sectional view on the line 26-26, Fig; 23;

Fig. 27 is a plan view illustrating my'invention as applied to different type of talking machine;

Fig. 28 is a sectional elevation of the mechanism illustrated in Fig. 27; r

Fig. 29 is a sectional view on the line 29-29 Fig. 27; and

Fig. 30 is'an enlarged view illustrating the stops for centering the record disks.

in Figs. l to l4, inclusive, my invention is shown as applied to a type or talking machine known as the Victor. I will describe my invention in detail, particularly in connection with this type of machine, but it will be understood that it can be applied to other talking machines without departing from the essential features of the invention.

p 1 is the top of the base section of a talking machine cabinet 2 is a rotatitng table mounted on the base in the usual manner. a is a reccrddisk, which is passed over a pin 3 projecting from the table. 4: is'the tone arm pivoted at 5, the upper end being carried by a bracket 6 in the usual manner. 7 is a gooseneck pivoted to the outer end of the tone arm l. This gooseneck carries a sound box 8 projecting from which is the stylus 9. Mounted-on a pivot 10 projecting. from the base 1 is a brake lever 11, in the present instance, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. One arm 12 of this brake lever carries a revolving disk 13 and has a shoulder 15. Ihe brake disk is in line with the table 2 and is arranged to be brought into contact with the edge of the table in the present instance. The other arm i l of the lever has a shoulder 16. An operating finger 17 is carried by a plate 31 securedto the under side of the tone arm at. This finger is so located as to come in contact with the shoulder 15, to apply the brake, or with the shoulder 16 to release the 21 is a perspective View eta-modifibrake. The plate 31 is slotted at 33 and screws extend through these slots and secure the plate to the tone arm. 8 1 is an adjusting Screw, which is threaded into an ex tension of the plate 81 beyond the operating finger so that, on turning this adjusting screw, the plate can be sprung so as to shift the position of the operating finger. By this means, the finger can be accurately adjusted in respect to the brake lever.

The brake disk is constructed as follows: The disk 13 is preferably provided with a friction band 13 of rubber, or other suitable material, and has a head 18, which extends into an opening 18 in the brake lever 11. 20 is a washer and 21 is a spring washer located between the washer 20 and the lever. 19 is a screw, which extends through the two washers and into a threaded opening in the head of the brake disk 13. By turning this screw, more or less pressure can be exerted on the spring washer to apply the desired; friction. In the present instance, extending from the disk 13 is a cam post 22 in the form of a screw,.as illustrated in, Figs. 5, 6 and 8. The thread 22 of the screw is undercut, clearly shown in the sectional view, 8, and terminates in a sharp edge so as to insure the point 23 of an arm 24 entering the space between the convolutions of the screw.

The arm 24 is mounted on a bearing ring 25 secured to the gooseneck 7 by set screws, or other fastenings. The bearing ring, as illustrated in Fig. 9, has a threaded extension 25 adapted to which is a nut 26 between which and the shoulder on the ring 25 is the arm 24. The arm 24; has shoulders 27 and 28 formed by cutting away a portion ofthe arm and a pin 52 projects from the ring 25 into this cut away portion and limits the movement of the arm. The outer end of the arm 24; is bent at right angles, in the present instance, as shown in Figs. 10 and 11, and has an inclined beveled point 23, which engages the thread 22 of the cam post 22, as illustrated in Fig. 8, so that when. the brake is applied, at the termination of a record, rotary motion will be applied to the cam post and the rear end of the arm 24-, which is then in engagement with the cam post, will be lowered. This motion forces the shoulder 27 in engagement with the pin 52 and turns the gooseneck 7 on its pivot, raising the stylus 9 clear of the record disk (1, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. On the plate 31 are stops 29 and 30 to limit the movement of the arm 24:. The arm 24 has a band of rubber, or felt, 32, in line with the stops so as to deaden the sound when the arm comes in contact with either of the stops and prevent vibration.

It will be noticed that the post is out away under the screw so that when the gooseneck is turned back, as shown in Fig. 1, the arm 24- will come in contact-with the stop 30 and the end of the arm will rest in the space between the screw threaded portion of the post and the brake disk. The tone arm can be moved to any position desired.

l Vhile I prefer to make the screw post as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 8, this post may be modified. For instance, in Fig. 16, I have shown the ordinary screw thread and the bolt 19 extends entirely through the post and has a nut at the upper end.

In Fig. 17, T have shown a post in the form of a plain spindle 22 and a supporting sleeve 22 mounted thereon and having a thread out thereon.

In Fig. 18, T have shown a shaped wire wound around post 22. In Fig. 19, I have shown a round wire coiled around the post.

In Fig. 20,, I have shown the table having a knurled or roughened edge. In Fig.

21, l have illustrated the brake disk as having a knurled, or roughened edge, which may engage the roughened edge ofthe table illustrated in Fig. 20, or the table may have another friction surface with which the brake wheel engages, the object being to provide means for the brake to act accuately on the table to stop the record at the proper movement.

Each record disk has a curved grooved d, which starts at the end of the record groove 0 and terminates in a concentric groove Z), so that when the stylus reaches the end of the reproducing groove of the record it immediately enters the eccentric groove (5 and is carried into the groove 5. This movement applies the brake, as the arm 17 comes in contact with th shoulder 15, turning the brake lever on its pivot 10. As soon as the brake disk 13 comes in contact with the edge of the table 2, motion is imparted to the cam post 22, and as the end 23 of the arm 24- is in engagement with this post it is immediately lowered, causing the arm to lift the gooseneck and sound box, and with it the stylus so that the stylus is clear of the record disk and any unnecessary grating sound is thus dispensed with, as the stylus is elevated simultaneously with the stopping of the rotation of the table. This allows the tone arm to be moved into position to repeat the record, or it may be swung clear of the record. I

In order to replace the stylus, the gooseneck is moved to the position shown in Fig. 1. the record removed and another rec 0rd placed in position. Then, by turning the goosenecl; in the ordinary manner and placing the stylus at the beginning of the record, the brake is automatically released by the arm 17 coming in contact with the shoulder 16 on the brake lever and motion is imparted to the table andthe record carried thereby.

In Figs. 23 to 26, inclusive, I have illustrated my invention as applied to'a'type of talking machine known as the Columbia. In'this instance, the tone arm 4 is pivoted so as to swing both vertically and transversely. On the under side of the'tone arm is a'plate 31*. 13 is the brake disk having a hollow hub 18 mounted on a shouldered nut 34 and held in place by a nut 35. Extending'into thenut is a screw threaded post 22 carried by a brake lever 11 pivoted to a bracket 36 at 10". On the plate 31 is an operating finger 1'7", which is arranged to engage the shoulders 15 and16" on the brake lever'll when the tone arm is moved to either of. its extreme positions in relation to the record. When'the brake disk i's'moved into contact with the edge of the table 2, it rotates the'nut 34', to which it is attached, causing the nut to move vertically on the screw threaded post towards the tone arm 4. Garriedby this nut 34 is a felt-covered disk 37, which comes into contact with the plate 31 and lifts the tone arm so that its stylus will be clear of the record. A spring 38, one arm of which is attached to the brake lever 11 and the other arm to the nut 34 is placed under tension when the nut is turned, returns the nut to its original position, as soon as the brake disk 13 is clear oi the table.

In Figs. 27, 2S and 29, I have shown another form or machine to which my inven- 'tion is applied, namely, a machine known as tliegEdison. In. this machine, the tone arm 4 is rigidly connected to the horn 39, as shown in Fig. 28. The horn has lugs 40 attached to a rod 41. Pivoted to the upper end of this rod 41 is a lever 42 having a cam surface which elevates the rod 41 when the lever is turned and lifts the horn and the tone arm bodily so that the stylus willbe raised clear of the record. The brake lever 11 is pivoted at 10 and has shoulders 15 and 16 and carries the screw post 22. The brake disk 13 is mounted on'a nut 54 to which the brake disk 13 is secured in a manner similar to the construction illustrated in Fig. 23, and a spring 38 attached to the brake lever and to the nut is placed under tension when the nut is turned and returns the nut to its original position as soon asv the brake is clear of the table. The jam nut 43, in this instance, has a cap which encloses the projecting portion of the screw, but this is not essential. A finger 17 is carried by the rod 41 and moves laterally with the horn and tone arm, striking the shoulders 15 and 16 to apply and release the brake. A spring 54, on the lower end of the rod 41, partly counterbalances the weight of the horn.

In the brake disk 13 is an annular raceway for the reception of the anti-friction balls 44 supporting a plate 45 and bearing onthis plate is an=arm 46 projecting from the rod 41., so that when the brake lever is actuatedto force the brake disk against the edge of the table, vertical-movement is imparted to the brakedisk by means of the screw and nut,and this vertical movement lifts the arm '46 and with it the rod 41, horn 39, and tone arm 4*, so that the stylus will which the screw threaded post is dispensed with and a plain post 22 is used. A cord 47 is wrapped around this post and extends through an eye 48 on the brake lever 11, and attached to a bent arm 49, pivoted at 50 to the brake lever, and held in its elevated position by a spring 51. The-arm 49 is bent at the outer end so as to engage the arm 24, and, as the brake disk 13 is rotated, the cord will draw the arm 49 down and with it the arm 24, lifting'the stylus oilof the record.

I claim:

1. The combination in a talkingmachine, of a rotatable table; a tone arm carrying a stylus; alever having a rotatable brake member arranged to come in contact with the table when actuated on the movement of the tone arm; and means, actuated by the rotatable brake member, for elevating the stylus clear of the record when the brake is applied.

2. The combination in a talking machine, of a rotatable table; a record carried there by having an abrupt curved groove beyond the end of the record groove; a tone arm carrying a stylus adapted to the grooves of the record; a pivoted brake lever; a rotatable brake member carried thereby, which is rotated by the table and also stops the rotation of, the table; and means, actuated by the rotatable brake member, for elevating the stylus clear of the record when the stylus is traveling in the curved groove or" the record.

The combination in a talking machine, of a rotatable table; a record carried thereby having record grooves and an abrupt groove engage the elevating means when the stylus is traveling in the abrupt groove of the record.

41;. The combination in a talking machine, of a rotatable table carrying a record; a brake lever located. adjacent to the table and having a brake disk arranged to bear against the table; a tone arm; means, connected to the tone arm, for engaging the brake lever to stop the rotation of the table; and a cam post, actuated by the brake disk, for raising the stylus clear of the record when the brake is applied.

5. The combination in a talking machine, of a rotatable table; a tone arm carrying a stylus arranged to move over the table; a screw cam at one side or the table; a brake; means for rotating the cam when the brake is applied; and means, actuated by the cam, for elevating the stylus clear or the record disk carried by the table, at the completion of the record.

6. The combination in a talking machine, of a rotatable table; a record disk mounted thereon and having a record therein, and having an abrupt groove at the termination of the record groove for moving the stylus abruptly towards the center oi': the record; a tone arm; a linger on the tone arm; a brake lever actuated by the finger; a rotatable brake mounted on the lever arranged to bear against the edge oi. the table; and means, actuated by the rotatable brake, for elevating the stylus clear of the record. after it has ei'itered the abrupt groove in the record.

7. The combination in a talking machine, oi? a rotatable table; a pivoted tone arm; an adjustable linger secured to the end or the tone arm; a pivoted. brake lever; a rotatable brake disk carried by one arm of said lever and arranged to come in contact with the edge oi the table; a screw cam carried by the rotatable brake disk; and means, on the tone arm, arranged to engage the screw cam at the completion of the rec 0rd to elevate the stylus clear of the record disk on the table.

8. The combination of a rotatable table;

a pivoted tone arm; a goose neck pivotally mouned on the arm' a sound box and. st lus carried by the goose neck; an arm mounted on the pivot oi? the goose neck and extending rearwardly; and a rotating cam arranged so that the arm can come in contact with the cam when the tone arm reaches a certain position in order to raise the goose neck ano sound box to elevate the stylus clear of the record.

9. The combination in a talking machine, of a rotatable table; a pivoted tone arm; a goose neck pivotally mounted on the arm; a sound box carried by the goose neck and carrying a stylus; a brake lever actuated by the tone arm; rotating brake mechanism mounted on the lever for applying a brake, which, when applied, will stop the rotation of the table; a cam mounted on the rotating brake; and means connected to the sound box and arranged to engage the cam so as to lift the stylus clear of the record at the same time the brake is applied.

10. The combination in a talking machine, of a rotatable table; a pivoted tone arm; a goose neck pivotally mounted thereon; a sound box carried by the goose neck, said sound box having a stylus; an arm mounted on the pivot of the goose neck and extending rearwardly; a pivoted brake lever having a brake disk free to revolve thereon; a vertically projecting screw cam mounted on the brake disk; and a finger on the tone arm arranged to actuate the lever to apply or disengage the brake, the arm on the pivot of the goose neck being in such position that it engages the cam and turns or elevates the goose neck when the end of the record is reached.

11. The combination in a talking machine, of arotatable table; a pivoted tone arm; a lever; a revolving brake mounted thereon and arranged to bear against the table; means on the tone arm for moving the lever into and out of braking position; a cam post carried by the revolving brake; a sound boX carried by the tone arm; and means, carried by the sound box, which is moved into engagement with the cam post when the record is completed so as to lift the stylus of the sound box clear oi the record.

12. The combination in a talking machine, of a rotatable table; a pivoted tone arm; a goose neck pivotally mounted on the tone arm; a sound box carried by the goose neck and having a stylus; an arm encircling the pivot of the goose neck and having a shoulder arranged to engage a projection on the goose neck; a brake; means for engaging the brake; and a screw cam operated by the brake and arranged to be engaged by the arm so as to turn the gooseneck on its pivot on the completion of a record.

13. The combination in a talking machine, ot a rotatable table; a pivoted tone arm; a stylus carried by the tone arm; an arm for raising the stylus so as to clear the record, said arm having a sharp end; and a vertically arranged screw cam having a thread under cut on the under side and beveled on the upper side, the sharp edge of said cam being capable of being rotated and being so located that when the end of the record is reached the end of the arm will enter the cam, actuating the arm to raise the stylus clear of the record.

la-t. T he combination in a talking machine, of a rotatable table; a pivoted tone arm; a goose neck pivotally mounted on the tone arm; a sound box carried by the goose neck and having a stylus; a brake lever; means for operating the lever from the tone arm; a revolving brake mounted on the lever and located in close proximity to the table; means, actuated by the brake, for raising the goose neck when the end of a record is reached; and a record having an eccentric groove in its face forming a continuation of the record groove so that the tone arm, after a record has been. completed, will be moved positively towards the center of rotation of the table to apply the brake and to lift the stylus.

15. The combination in talking machine, of a. rotatable table; a pivoted tone arm; a sound box carried thereby and having a stylus; a record disk mounted on the table and having a record groove and an eccentric groove out therein, said eccentric groove being at the termination of the record groove; a- ,pivoted brake lever; a revolving brake disk mounted on the brake lever and arranged to engage the table; a finger on the tone arm arranged to move the lever into and out of action; a vertically arranged screw cam turned by the brake disk; and an arm, connected to the sound box, arranged to engage the cam at the termination of a record, so that the stylus will be raised when it enters the eccentric groove in the record, the tone arm Withdrawing the brake as it is moved away from the center of the table.

16. The combination in a talking machine, of: a rotatable table; a pivoted tone arm; a

center pin on the table to receive a record disk; a brake located in close proximity to the table; and stops at each side of the brake so positioned as to prevent the record coming in contact With the brake While being mounted on the table.

17. The combination in a talking machine, of a rotatable table; a tone arm; a goose neck pivoted to the outer end of the tone arm; an arm mounted on the goose neck; and a brake lever having a movable brake arranged to come in con tact with the rotatable table, said movable brake actuating the goose neck through its arm to elevate the stylus clear of the record When the brake is applied.

VICTOR FEGLEY. 

